SOLUTION: Farmer Brown planted 15 more rows of turnips than carrots. If the number of turnip rows was 35 less than twice the number of carrots rows, how many rows of each did Farmer Brown pl

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Question 1041116: Farmer Brown planted 15 more rows of turnips than carrots. If the number of turnip rows was 35 less than twice the number of carrots rows, how many rows of each did Farmer Brown plant?
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let n be the amount of carrot rows. Then turnip rows equals n+15. So:
(n+15)=2n-35
n=50
n+15=65
There were 50 carrot rows, and 65 turnip rows. ☺☺☺☺